In the past two days, I have been trying to test our protection groups and I am experiencing the same slowness. In the past, this step has taken as little as a few minutes to complete and now it is taking several hours.
2013-03-16T10:44:43.428-05:00 [01384 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] XML validation succeeded
2013-03-16T10:44:43.428-05:00 [01384 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14512Chicago' is still in progress (0%)
2013-03-16T10:44:43.428-05:00 [01384 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Device group '14544Chicago' is in 'another sync in-progress' state
2013-03-16T10:44:43.428-05:00 [01384 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Device group '14588Chicago' is in 'another sync in-progress' state
Note the time stamps.
2013-03-16T10:45:25.143-05:00 [01800 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] XML validation succeeded
2013-03-16T10:45:25.143-05:00 [01800 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14512Chicago' is complete
2013-03-16T10:45:25.143-05:00 [01800 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14544Chicago' is still in progress (14%)
2013-03-16T10:45:25.143-05:00 [01800 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14588Chicago' is still in progress (91%)
It took over 2 hours for device group '14588Chicago' to complete
2013-03-16T12:52:32.030-05:00 [03476 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] XML validation succeeded
2013-03-16T12:52:32.030-05:00 [03476 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14544Chicago' is still in progress (15%)
2013-03-16T12:52:32.030-05:00 [03476 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14588Chicago' is complete
This 3rd group, device group '14544Chicago' has made only 1% progress in the past 2.5 hours
2013-03-16T13:11:57.534-05:00 [04056 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] XML validation succeeded
2013-03-16T13:11:57.549-05:00 [04056 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14544Chicago' is still in progress (15%)
The process started at 10:45AM and it is now 2:30PM, and it is not yet completed.
2013-03-16T13:28:37.316-05:00 [04056 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] XML validation succeeded
2013-03-16T13:28:37.316-05:00 [04056 verbose 'Storage' opID=8EB6C711-0000003F] Sync for device group '14544Chicago' is still in progress (16%)
I am going out and leaving it run.
The log at which I am looking gives me no indication of the problem.
Does anyone know the logs location which may help?
I will update later.